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Bookmarks for 12-28-2011

by Viviane on 12/28/2011

Sexual Obituaries 2011 (Cory Silverberg) – People who choose to work around sexuality and gender often don’t get the acknowledgment from the mainstream media or from society as a whole that they would if their work was in another field. Every year, I feel this absence when I read the lists of famous people who died. Since 2006, I’ve tried to change that by sharing some of the sex and gender activists, educators, artists, and outlaws we lost in the year that is ending. Here is a list of sexual losses in 2011.
Director Dee Rees And Star Adepero Oduye Talk Coming Out & Coming Of Age In ‘Pariah’ | indieWIRE – Pariah is the story of Alike (Oduye), a black lesbian teenager living in Fort Greene and navigating between the aggressive gay nightclub scene preferred by her butch best friend Laura (Pernell Walker) and a closeted life at home, where her tightly wound mother Audrey (Kim Wayans) tries to dress her in pink cardigans and quizzes her about who she’s taking to the school dance.
Bondage Sex And The Liberation Of Culture – ErosBlog: The Sex Blog – For anybody with an interest in cultural history — and especially, aspects of cultural history that have ever been covert or officially suppressed, like porn — it’s this “everything floats up to the surface and becomes visible, in time” aspect of the Internet that is most miraculous. It’s far from complete, mind you — we have many centuries of recorded culture that have yet to be digitized and brought up from their buried layers of stone and canvas and paper and cellulose and vinyl and magnetic tape.
2011 Top Ten Sex Questions (Cory Silverberg) – I don’t dig into my statistics all that often, but once a year I like to see which questions and answers were the most popular…These ten questions are from the 105 Sex Questions that I’ve answered on the About.com site.
Navigating Love and Autism – NYTimes.com- Only since the mid-1990s have a group of socially impaired young people with otherwise normal intelligence and language development been recognized as the neurological cousins of nonverbal autistic children. Because they have a hard time grasping what another is feeling — a trait sometimes described as “mindblindness” — many assumed that those with such autism spectrum disorders were incapable of, or indifferent to, intimate relationships. Parents and teachers have focused instead on helping them with school, friendship and, more recently, the workplace.Yet as they reach adulthood, the overarching quest of many in this first generation to be identified with Asperger syndrome is the same as many of their nonautistic peers: to find someone to love who will love them back. [via Violet Blue]
When Will a Gay Pro Athlete Finally Come Out? — New York Magazine – “Something has happened in the last year,” says Jim Buzinski, co-founder of OutSports, an advocate for and chronicler of gay sports issues for more than a decade. “It’s almost like homophobia is no longer considered cool in sports.”
Australian Passport Gender Options: ‘Transgender’ Will Be Included | HuffPo – Australian passports will now have three gender options – male, female and indeterminate – under new guidelines to remove discrimination against transgender people, the government said Thursday.

Tagged as: activism, African-American, culture, harassment, health, history, lesbian, movies, politics, sex, sexuality, sports, statistics, transgender, women

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Submit to Cinekink! Call for Entries – CineKink/2012

by Viviane on 10/26/2011

in cinekink

cinekink300x200 Submit to Cinekink! Call for Entries CineKink/2012 CineKink –”the kinky film festival”–is seeking films and videos, of any length and genre, that explore and celebrate the wide diversity of sexuality. Dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of sex-positive and kink-friendly depictions in film and television, we’re looking to blur some boundaries and will be considering offerings drawn from both Hollywood and beyond, with works ranging from documentary to drama, camp comedy to hot porn, mildly spicy to quite explicit–and everything in between.

Cutting across orientations, topics covered at CineKink have included–but are by no means limited to–BDSM, leather and fetish, swinging, non-monogamy and polyamory, roleplay and gender bending, sex work and sex geekery. Basically, as long as it involves consenting adults, just about anything celebrating sex as a right of self expression is fair game. (Far be it from us to define “kink” – if you think your work might make sense in this context, please send it along!)

Scheduled for its ninth annual appearance in February 2012, the specially-curated CineKink NYC will also feature a short film competition, audience choice awards, a special adult entertainment showcase, presentations, parties and a gala kick-off event, with a national screening tour to follow.

Discounted, early-bird entries have a post-marked deadline of October 28th, while the regular deadline is November 18th and the final deadline is December 5th.

For more information and to download an entry form or submissions via Withoutabox, visit http://cinekink.com/programs-and-events/call-for-entries/.

Tagged as: cinekink, movies, submissions

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The TES Bondage SIG presents: S/M at the Movies: Knotty Cinema and Unrestrained Restraints!

by Viviane on 03/23/2011

in Events,nyc

03/23/2011
8:00 PM	to	10:30 PM

Thor Stockman returns with a new installment of his popular S/M AT THE MOVIES film clips programs, this one featuring the best (and worst) of bondage scenes and situations in Hollywood and foreign cinema, ranging from highly proficient and erotic Japanese-style bondage to tie-downs Thor classifies as “bondage my grandmother could get out of.” Come see some familiar favorites as well as new discoveries! Special prizes will be awarded for those who come dressed and restrained from their favorite movie bondage scene, as well as those who sit through the entire film clips program in bondage!

Location: The Eulenspiegel Society, 260 W 36 St. 3rd Fl
Cost: $8 admission

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Bookmarks

by Viviane on 03/11/2011

in del.icio.us,sex

Beyond daddies & mommies – Queer and Trans Family Planning expands parenting discussions
NJ lawmakers reintroduce anti-bullying bill named for Tyler Clementi | The Asbury Park Press | APP.com – As the White House held a summit on student bullying Thursday, two New Jersey lawmakers reintroduced a bill named for a Rutgers University student who committed suicide last year…Sen. Frank Lautenberg, the New Jersey Democrat who attended the White House event, and Rep. Rush Holt, D-Hopewell Township, reintroduced the Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act, which was originally introduced last November but didn’t advance in the final days of the previous Congress.
Sexy Q&A: CineKink Film Festival founder Lisa Vandever on sex in cinema – National Sex & Relationships | Examiner.com – The kinky film festival will be touring throughout the year with at least five stops across the United States (last year's tour stopped in Chicago, DC, Los Angeles, Portland, and Las Vegas; this year's tour dates haven't been announced yet), and, now that the madness of the weekend is past, I caught up with Vandever to learn more about the festival and ask about where it's all headed.
The Careless Language Of Sexual Violence – The Rumpus.net – An eleven-year-old girl was raped by eighteen men. The suspects ranged in age from middle schoolers to a 27 year old. There are pictures and videos. Her life will never be the same. The New York Times, however, would like you to worry about those boys, who will have to live with this for the rest of their lives. That is not simply the careless language of violence. It is the criminal language of violence.
CINEKINK — “Mind-expanding cinema for the cultured degenerate New York film geek!” « WHACK! Magazine – It was really, truly, my kind of place. Cinekink highlighted, for me, the importance of getting perverts and kink lovers, fetishists and voyeurs, degenerates and academics, all together in a room where they feel comfortable with each other because they’re coming together for one common goal: to watch sexy movies in the dark.
CineKink NYC’s Audiences Get Hot for ‘Indietro’ and ‘Kink Crusaders’ – indieWIRE – The eighth annual CineKink NYC, dedicated to screening “kink-positive depictions in film and television,” presented its top awards to Vivan Darkbloom’s “Indietro” as best narrative and Mike Skiff’s “Kink Crusaders” as best documentary.

Tagged as: bullying, cinekink, cyberbullying, erotica, families, language, legislation, lgbt, lgbtq, movies, nyc, parenting, rape, transgender

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Bookmarks

by Viviane on 03/02/2011

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Control Tower by Mistress Matisse – The Stranger – Because being a nerd—especially if one participates in nerd culture around things like comic books, science fiction/fantasy, RPGing, etc.—is excellent training for becoming an active member of the BDSM community. The young nerd, shunned by the elite, perforce becomes accustomed to hanging around other nerds and social outcasts of all types. Nerds thus develop a high tolerance for socially nonconforming people and come to feel that such individuals are, by definition, nicer and more interesting than the Cool Kids. They embrace being weird, in other words.
Majoring in Kink | The Eye – I’m at the semester’s first meeting of Conversio Virium, Columbia’s BDSM, or kinky sex, education group, witnessing famed fetishist Dov demonstrate “rough body play,” or “thug play.” The demonstration is instructional, with an emphasis on avoiding actual bodily harm, but it’s easy to forget this as Dov maneuvers her onto the floor, grip strong, demonstrating an impressive and creative repertoire of ways to twist her body and apply force.
The Cambridge Porn Debate Story « The Sexademic – I waited to hear what I knew would be many misrepresentations of the porn industry as well as false data. It came rather quickly when she stated that the average age of internet porn exposure was 11.
Sex, Law, and Cinema in the Digital Age (1989-2010) – James Fallows – Personal – The Atlantic – On that cheery note, here’s my survey of the key social, legal, cinematic, and technological moments of the last 22 years, with my take on how they delivered us (and by “us” I mean “me”) to where we are now.

Tagged as: bdsm, censorship, debate, gail+dines, kink, movies, nerd, nyc, porn, sex, shirley+lubben

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World Premiere Benefit Screening of Brett & Melanie: Boi Meets Girl

by Viviane on 01/18/2011

in Events

01/21/2011
6:30 PM

Location: The LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th Street New York, NY 10011

Cost: $10.00

As a part of The Women’s Film Series at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center

ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS SCREENING GO TO BENEFIT THE CENTER’S PROGRAMS

The seventh in Tony Comstock’s ongoing Real People, Real Life, Real Sex documentary series, “Brett and Melanie: Boi Meets Girl” is an exploration of sexual pleasure in committed relationships and the problematic place of explicit sexuality in cinema.

”Brett and Melanie” depicts a butch/femme couple, and opens up questions about strength and vulnerability in the context of how we portray and interpret gender. Throughout Brett and Melanie’s interview, there is a constant dance of who is strong for whom, of who is vulnerable and who nurtures; and this dance continues when Brett and Melanie make love.

By including frank footage of Brett and Melanie’s lovemaking along with their candid testimony, the film also opens up questions about the meaning of reality in the context of documentary filmmaking, and explodes preconceptions about the place of sexuality and eroticism in cinema.

TONY COMSTOCK BIO
In a world awash in sexualized imagery, why does so little of it speak to the common pleasurable reality of sex? In his 20+ years as a filmmaker and photographer, Tony Comstock has explored this and other aspects of the human condition. Subjects of Comstock’s films have included love, sex, 9/11, indigenous fisheries, hurricanes, refugees, HIV/AIDS orphans, and the visualization of God. His current focus is the Real People, Real Life, Real Sex series. Reaction to these films has ranged from film festival laurels and critical and popular acclaim, to police raids on screenings and intimidation of DVD retailers.

More info: http://www.gaycenter.org/node/5953

Facebook invite: http://on.fb.me/eGswbN

Tagged as: Events, movies, nyc, Tony Comstock

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Call for Entries: CineKink 2011

by Viviane on 10/18/2010

in cinekink

Call for Entries – CineKink 2011

CineKink –”the kinky film festival”–is seeking films and videos, of any length and genre, that explore and celebrate the wide diversity of sexuality. Dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of sex-positive and kink-friendly depictions in film and television, we’re looking to blur some boundaries and will be considering offerings drawn from both Hollywood and beyond, with works ranging from documentary to drama, camp comedy to hot p*rn, mildly spicy to quite explicit–and everything in between.

Scheduled for its eighth annual appearance March 1-6, 2011, the specially-curated CineKink NYC will also feature a short film competition, audience choice awards, a special adult entertainment showcase, presentations, parties and a gala kick-off event, with a national screening tour to follow.

Discounted, early-bird entries have a post-marked deadline of November 5th, while the regular deadline is November 26th and the final deadline is December 10th.

For more information and to download an entry form or submit via Withoutabox, visit http://cinekink.com/programs-and-events/call-for-entries/.

Tagged as: cinekink, erotica, kink, movies, nyc, sex, submissions

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Bookmarks for 5-24-10

by Viviane on 05/24/2010

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Can a Pill Help Women Reach Orgasm? – Barbara Kantrowitz – Newsweek.com – Canner hit on the topic after years of doing documentaries on subjects like human-rights abuses, police brutality, and poverty. Looking for something more upbeat, she was researching female sexuality when she got a call from the pharmaceutical company Vivus, which wanted her to create erotic videos to use in their clinical study of an “orgasm cream” for women.
Good Vibrations And The Clitoris Saving Alien Cult: News: SFAppeal – The furor boiled to the rim when in late March, Good Vibes got angrily and publicly called out by a feminist Facebook group, a professor of African politics at USF, feminist email lists and a significant number of sexual health professionals and sex educators in multiple countries. Why? It seems that the venerable retailer, with its reputation and history for championing empowered female sexuality, had publicly aligned its brand with, and intended to raise money for an organization called Clitoraid.
Protecting Your Privacy Online | The Beautiful Kind – It’s one thing to be far too public on the web and voluntarily offer more information than necessary, but it’s another when other sources are the culprits. Even the most smug of people who refuse to use Facebook, Twitter or even the internet itself are just as much at risk of having their personal information and identity leaked via the web. Knowledge is power when being proactive about protecting your personal privacy, and I’d like to go over a few of those areas.
Swinger Tests Chinaâ€™s Sexual Morals – NYTimes.com – On Thursday, a court sentenced the randy Mr. Ma to three and a half years in prison, a severe penalty for a crime that the Chinese government calls â€œcrowd licentiousness.â€ Mr. Ma, now Chinaâ€™s most famous swinger, remains defiant and plans to appeal, saying his sex life is his own business, not subject to the law as long as he causes no social disturbance, according to his lawyer, Yao Yongâ€™an.
Getting Down and Turned On: Pornography and Society Today | StealingKitty – We are here, we are horny, and our perversions are pushing the envelope of sexual boundaries. Better get used to it. The best place to start the discussion is defining what is porn, erotica, or obscenity in our culture today.

Tagged as: bisexual, Events, movies, nyc, orgasm, pharma, sex, women

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Bookmarks

by Viviane on 05/03/2010

in del.icio.us,sex

Facebook Users Like Sex | Mashable – As the chart below depicts, Facebook users are extremely fascinated with sex, as sex links are 90% more likely to be shared than other types of content. Links that are positive in nature and/or related to learning rank second and third in terms of shares, respectively.
Amy Jo Goddard | CarnalNation – Abby Ehmann's profile of Amy Jo Goddard and her Women's Sexuality Empowerment Apprenticeship workshop.
ya ya | Youth Activists – Youth Allies – The Ya-Ya Network is a citywide anti-racist, anti-sexist organization and allies with the LGBTQ community. Ya-Ya is staffed by young activists ages 15-19. We work with other youth, adult allies, youth programs & activist organizations. We help groups & individuals connect. We share information & resources & we support the work that other groups are doing. All to build a stronger voice for young people in the movement for social & economic justice.
Mississippi school purges top student from yearbook for being lesbian – Boing Boing – Ceara Sturgis, a top student at Wesson Attendance Center in Mississipi, has been purged from the yearbook. She attended the school for 12 years, but she's also a lesbian, and so they made her an un-person.
Transgender Controversy at Tribeca Film Fest – WNYC Culture – The Tribeca Film Festival lists the film Ticked Off Trannies With Knives as a "revenge fantasy flick that brews up a concoction of camp, slasher horror, and power-chick flick to create a radical new genre: Transploitation!"<br />
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The film's director Israel Luna stated he intended the film to be empowering, members of New York's transgender community, along with GLAAD, certainly don't think so. They asked the film festival to pull the film from its lineup.
Illinois’ teen sexting bill aims to educate, not criminalize | Ars Technica – Illinois is moving forward with legislation that would educate (and punish) teenagers who forward around nude images of their peers, but not treat them as sex offenders. The bill, which has moved to Governor Pat Quinn's desk for signature, aims to take a more modern and realistic approach to teens making stupid decisions, though the door is still open for harsher punishments if needed.

Tagged as: Advocacy, discrimination, facebook, lbgt, legislation, lesbian, media, movies, nyc, sex, sexuality, teen, transgender, women, youth

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Bookmarks

by Viviane on 04/23/2010

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On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re Vanilla | Midori | CarnalNation – So are people having sex and kinkier adventures than you? Sex creates enough inadequacy issues for most people and the net just feeds those fears. The truth is that some are, but most aren't.
For those who cannot see, erotica in 3-D – thestar.com – Her book Tactile Mind, which she hand-crafted herself, is meant to be felt up, to be precise. It is an erotic book for the blind and visually impaired, though it can be enjoyed by the sighted as well.
How to reclaim your privacy by disabling Facebook’s “Open Graph” – Simple Help – This very brief tutorial will show you how to disable Facebook’s latest “has some privacy issues” service, Open Graph…You can find a very nice summary of it here. What I will do is show you the steps required to block this new “feature” – which is enabled by default.
Kate Bornstein: When Bad Movies Happen To Good People | Out.com Features – In the hands of a better filmmaker, the '70s exploitation campiness would have made Luna’s point: Hate crimes suck. But, he failed. He wound up making a film that a large part of his potential audience considers a hate crime in and of itself.
Why You Should Never Pay For Online Dating « OkTrends – Today I'd like to show why the practice of paying for dates on sites like Match.com and eHarmony is fundamentally broken, and broken in ways that most people don't realize.
Rethinking Virginity Conference, 5/3 – Is there a sex-positive way to teach abstinence? What are the historical and cultural origins of the virginity ideal? How does a queer person lose their virginity? Does anyone even know what virginity really is?<br />
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From debunking myths to defying norms, the Rethinking Virginity Conference will feature scholars and experts speaking about gender, sexuality, and the elusive concept of virginity.

Tagged as: dating, erotica, Events, facebook, harvard, Midori, movies, privacy, sex, sexuality, transgender

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Bookmarks for February 25th

by Viviane on 02/25/2010

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Report: Teen gets 15 years for Facebook blackmail | Digital Media – CNET News – A Wisconsin teenager convicted of using Facebook to blackmail classmates into sex was sentenced to 15 years in prison, according to an Associated Press report.
Apple creating “explicit” category for App Store | TUAW -
Ask an Expert: How to Watch Porn on Your iPhone – iphone porn – Gizmodo -
CineKinkster: And the winner is… – Rounding out multiple days of screenings and parties in our seventh(!!) annual appearance, here are the CineKink awards for 2010…
CineKink ’10 | kink+culture – This years CineKink was the best I’ve seen. I didn’t love everything I saw, but as a whole the quality and diversity of films has gotten much, much better. What was really great was that so many of the film makers weren’t into BDSM themselves! It’s so good to see positive images of kinky people, not as villains or as comic relief, but as ordinary folks with all of the complexity as anyone else.
Google Gets Sued Over Buzz: Why It Should Have Said “Please?” | ReadWRiteWeb – It seems that some others think this lawsuit is merely a “pure money grab”, but we think that Google’s actions can have real-world consequences for the more than 30 million Gmail users it signed up for the service without properly testing it beforehand. And even if they had properly tested it beforehand, those people signed up for an email service, not a social network.

Tagged as: apple, bdsm, cinekink, crime, cyberstalking, documentary, erotica, Events, facebook, googlebuzz, legal, movies, nyc, porn, privacy, software

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This and That. . .

by Viviane on 02/23/2010

in sex

Seymore Butts and Mari Possa from Paulie & Pauline's "Off the Set"

I used to have a link post, but I think that’s too easily confused with the links I’m posting on Delicious – so I’ve renamed it. Here’s a collection of links, from Twitter and my inbox, that I want you to know about:

A second KinkforAll in Washington, DC is in the works: http://kinkforall.pbworks.com/KinkForAllWashingtonDC2.

Furry Girl’s strap-on project, CockSexual is now live, and it’s hot.

The SF Site has a lengthy review of the Arse Elektronika anthology, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

LustCinema.comÂ is now hosting the work of German photographer Kristyan Geyr, and fetish filmmaker Maria Beatty.

Get whipped on your lunch break: Domina-mobile. (Thanks, E!)

Cameryn Moore is a phone sex operator and performance artist.

Supervert’s new book, Perversity Think Tank is out. It attempts to formulate a philosophical conception of sexual perversion: what is perversity?

JuicyPinkBox, which just debuted two shorts at this weekend’s Cinekink festival,Â is casting for its next erotica series, Therapy.

The first episode from Em & Lo’s new 10 part series from Alive Mind Media, Sex: How to Do Everything is now available online. Use the coupon code WATCHEMLO (valid until 2/28/10).

The CW network is now casting for a show called Secrets. They’re looking for women in their 20′s who are struggling with an intimacy addiction and
are trying to maintain their “perfect image” on a daily basis.

Photographers Paulie and Pauline’s book, Off the Set, is a fine art photography book showing the real private lives of adult entertainment stars. It comes out April 2nd. A selection of photos may be viewed here.

Tagged as: bdsm, kinkforall, movies, phone sex, sex, submissions

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Cinekink 2010

by Viviane on 02/08/2010

in cinekink,Events,housekeeping,sex

02/16/2010

02/21/2010

Founded in 2003, CineKink is an organization that recognizes and encourages the positive depiction of sexuality and kink in film and television, most visibly through its annual film festival, CineKink NYC.

Featuring a specially-selected program of films and videos that celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality, with offerings drawn from both Hollywood and beyond, works presented by CineKink range from documentary to drama, camp comedy to hot porn, mildly spicy to quite explicit – and everything in between.

In addition to screenings, the annual festival also includes a short film competition, audience choice awards, presentations, parties and a gala kick-off fundraiser, all followed by a national screening tour.

We’ve got so much great programming jammed into CineKink NYC this year-and with just two weeks to go–a headliner overview of the schedule might give you a firmer grasp on how you’re going to be spending February 16-21st!

SCHEDULE

KICK-OFF!
Put on your shiny finery and come help us kick off the seventh annual CineKink NYC in proper style! An evening to embrace fantasy and a pansexual celebration of epic proportions, in addition to music and performance, our opening night gala will feature a fine pair of spectacular cinematic morselsâ€”THE 400 BLOW JOBS and THE SHEEP AND THE RANCH HAND. And with all proceeds going to support the continuation of CineKink’s sex-positive and kink-friendly program mission, it’s mixing and mashing for a good cause!

Tuesday, 2/16 – 8 PM
Kush Lounge
191 Chrystie Street
Suggested donation – $15/$10 advance

CINEKINK NYC SCREENINGS
The festivities then move to Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue, NYC), Wednesday, February 17 through Saturday, February 20, with several different film and video programs scheduled for each day.

WEDNESDAY
Among the headliners, first up on Wednesday, February 17 at 6:45 PM, is the festival’s CineKink Season Opener screening of S&M JUDGE, a compelling drama in which a respected judge finds his job, reputation and family life in jeopardy after he and his wife begin to explore sadomasochism.

Then, at 9:10 PM, the documentary BODY MODIFICATION FREAKS, takes a first-hand look at several Japanese underground scenes–tattoo, piercing and body modification–with photographer and journalist Ryoichi “Keroppy” Maeda, himself a long-time member of the body modification community.

THURSDAY
On Thursday, February 18 at 6:45 PM it’s KINDA KINKY?, a collection of kinky shorts that will whet your appetite for a slap of the hand and a taste of the deviant.

Then, at 9:10 PM, â€œboylesqueâ€ sensation WAXIE MOON takes the world of neo-burlesque by storm in a hilarious and thought-provoking portrait of one artist’s unlikely journey.

FRIDAY
On Friday, February 19 at 6:45 PM, MODERN LOVE IS AUTOMATIC is the bitterly comic tale of an apathetic nurse who moonlights as a dominatrix, her aspiring model roommate, and the sad, strange world in which they live.

At 9:10 PM, SWINGERS has first-timers Diana and Julian inviting a couple theyâ€™ve met online to join them for an adventurous weekend in the country.

And at 11:00 PM, DES JOURS PLUS BELLES QUE LA NUIT, a collaboration partly from CineKink award-winner Jennifer Lyon Bell, is an homage to real, explicit love shot in real-time, opening the door to a world where arousal creeps up slowly and sweetly until it ignites.

SATURDAY
Kicking off Saturday, February 20 at 1:00 PM, MY SEXUALITY: A SENSORY EXPERIENCE shines light on five ordinary women from different backgrounds, sexual preferences and past experiences as they experiment with five deliciously different activities intended to boost both sense of self and sexuality.

At 3:00 PM a special industry showcase, BRING IT!, features a dazzling array of talent from today’s adult cinema, each representing a wide range of genres and visual styles, all stepping up with a hot sampling of their recent creative endeavors.

At 5:50 PM, FIXATION is a diverse collection of sexy shorts, with each focused obsessively on that one, particularâ€¦something.

At 8:00 PM it’s YES, MISTRESS, the film shorts program that asks (and sometimes answers!) the question: â€œHow may I be of service?â€

And, closing out the festival’s regular screening schedule at 10:10 PM, STORIES OF SEX(ES) is a sexy French romp–with sex included!â€”where two cheerful circles of friends, men and women divided, spend a night of intimate chatting about their erotic adventures, conquests, disappointments and fantasies.

CINEKINK AWARDS CELEBRATION – Sunday, 2/21 @ 6:00 pm
Be sure to come out and drink a toast to this year’s fantastic crop of CineKink filmmakers! Featuring encore screenings of jury-selected best shorts from the festival, along with presentations of the annual CineKink Awards. (FREE admission; location tba)

CINEKINK AFTERGLOW PARTY – Sunday, 2/21 @ 8:30 pm
But wait, there’s more! You’ll definitely want to make plans for our popular AfterGlow Party, one last chance to meet, mix and mingle with your fellow CineKinksters and enjoy a few more select screenings, this time in a relaxed play party setting. Lounge on the sofas, find yourself a private nook or recline across a spanking bench and settle in for one final evening of CineKinky goodness unfolding all around you. Not to be missed! (More info to come, but please note that a very limited number of $30 advance purchase admissions will be released; priority VIP admission will be given to CineKink NYC All-Access Pass holders.)

CINKEKINL @ B-SIDE
We’ve once again partnered with the wonderful folks at B-Side, who have helped us create a special CineKink NYC community online, allowing you to access all of the festival info in a myriad of ways. You can take in the CineKink schedule at-a-glance, look up detailed film information and venue locations, check out the latest festival buzz and get tips on must-sees, create a personal calendar, rate and review films, forward screening information to your friends via email and Facebook–and then follow links to purchase your advance tickets and make sure you get into the show!

Jump in and take a look around:
http://cinekink.bside.com/2010/

Schedule view:
http://cinekink.bside.com/2010/schedule

List of films/parties:
http://cinekink.bside.com/2010/films

ADVANCE TICKETS AND PASSES ON SALE NOW!
Save big with a discounted CineKink NYC All-Access Pass, including admission to all 12 regular film programs, PLUS the Kick-Off Gala, the Awards Celebration and – priority VIP entrance to! – Â the AfterGlow Party.
Representing a nearly 50 percent discount over individual ticket purchase, supplies will be restricted, so get yours ASAP !

For more info and to buy now:
http://cinekink.bside.com/2010/extra

ALL HANDS ON…
Want to help out during CineKink NYC? Â We’ve got a variety of volunteer shifts and positions available–and can offer you comp tickets and our eternal thanks and admiration in return!

To sign-up, go to: http://www.cinekink.com/volunteer

We promise to put you to very good use! (Well, if that’s what you’re into…)

SUPPORT KINKY FILM…BECOME A CINEKINKSTER!
Want to get in on the action and draw some attention for your own kinky endeavors? Want more publicity for your blog? Own a business that could use more kinky customers? Love supporting sex-positive expression? A donation of just $50 gets your name and URL listed in the CineKinksters area of our website. Â A new level of sponsorship created for individuals and small businesses, it’s a great way to help out and get yourself noticed.

http://www.cinekink.com/donate

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Gay Identity in 26 Voices (NYTimes)

by Viviane on 01/24/2010

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By DENNIS LIM

WHAT did gay liberation do for gay cinema? To begin to tackle this question, one has to survey the shadowy history of on-screen homosexuality, consider the elusive notion of a gay sensibility and â€” as with all minority-group debates â€” weigh the conflicting ideological positions on difference and assimilation. But while there may be no easy answer, the coincidental appearance this week of two gay-theme events in New York repertory houses provides a window into the evolution of gay cinema, both in the shadow of liberation politics and far beyond it.

â€œWord Is Out,â€ a 1977 documentary that is being revived in a restored print at Anthology Film Archives starting Friday, interweaves the stories of 26 gay men and lesbians who speak openly about coming out, finding love and fighting prejudice. It was a milestone in the developing public image of the gay-rights movement.

When â€œWord Is Outâ€ was released in theaters and broadcast on public television more than eight years after the Stonewall riots, media depictions were still largely confined to unflattering stereotypes, and gay audiences had yet to see their experiences reflected on screen. Reviewing the film in The Advocate, Vito Russo declared, â€œThe silence of gay people on the screen has been broken.â€

But gay (and gay-friendly) filmmakers were never exactly mute, nor have they all opted to speak in the same ways. Queer/Art/Film, a monthly series that begins its new season at the IFC Center on Monday, serves as a reminder that there is a strain of gay cinema that predates and runs parallel to the consciousness-raising tradition pioneered by â€œWord Is Out.â€ Organized by the filmmaker Ira Sachs (â€œForty Shades of Blueâ€) and the journalist Adam Baran, the series is programmed by gay artists and writers invited to present a film they find personally significant.

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Bookmarks for November 9th

by Viviane on 11/11/2009

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Text Scarleteen | Scarleteen – To ask Scarleteen a question via text, just text 66746 and start your question with the keyword ASKST.
it’s not rope: couture Shibari in Exit Magazine | violet blue ® :: open source sex –
Film Festival Secrets: Programmer Profile: Lisa Vandever of CineKink – Nothing wrong with a little titillation – or a lot – the CineKink audience has also become used to works that take an intelligent approach to sexuality, to depictions that move beyond the clichés, to portrayals that don’t denigrate or preach. They also join us for the sense of community you can get from experiencing a film in the company of like-minded others. And, of course, for some really killer parties!
This American Life | Ira Glass | Chicago Public Radio – Episode 393: Infidelity
Consumer Reports on condoms | violet blue ® :: open source sex – They also — frustratingly — gave me a password to view the subscribers’ only results of which condoms they tested and the results but told me I could not reproduce the findings. ARGH! I will tell you one thing I saw, however and hope it’s not a breach of their request: never, ever, ever use glow in the dark condoms. I’ll also add that I’m dismayed to see the best performers in their stress tests are condom lines that have additives and desensitizing lubricants on them: they’re apparently rated for performance, not body safety.